feeling a little blah!!

Well it's been an incredibly long time since I have posted. This passed year has been a little sad since my little Shelby will no longer be a preschooler after this year. I am full is so many mixed emotions. I miss them both being little and I feel that the time is going by so quickly it is just slipping away. I want to treasure each and every stage. I am very thankful that the girls are healthy and growing, but I just wish time would slow down a little. Caidance is in 3rd grade this year and I am so fortunate to be her teacher this year. I have really enjoyed getting to spend the extra time with her and help her this year with her academics. I have another funny saying to add that my mom just texted me and I have to share it. Shelby took pawpaw out to play in the backyard yesterday. She got in the little car and said, "hello honey" "come get me." Pawpaw said " well where are you?" "Well I am stuck in traffic down at Wal-Mart." Then she said hold on just a minute honk! Honk! Honk! "Never mind I got it. " I am coming to cook you some chilli and mushrooms" thought that was funny. Well it's time to go and check on my precious little girls. Goodnight everyone.

Shelby's funny sayings!

When Shelby tells a joke this is how it goes, Knock, Knock Who's there Old Lady Old Lady who? Old Lad-e-who She Loves to call people honey, "honey are you doing ok." and she likes to pat your face She always wants you to "hold her" She will say, "mommy, hold you" She has to have a paci and multiple paci's if possible. She will even ask her daddy for the "emergency paci" if they are in the truck. She is scared of Tortillas LOL Yep, We had a storm coming through and she told her daddy to protect her because she was scared that the tortilla will get her. She loves to play "I-Spy" and "would you rather" before bedtime. She loves to go and eat "white soup" with nanny and papaw at Panera Bread Every time Shelby see's her papaw she always asks him for either a mint or gum!

Happy Birthday Shelby By Nanny

...My little Shelby brings me so much joy everyday I have her.She came into this world 4 years ago tomorrow like a world wind and hasn't slowed down!!If her mommy and daddy had of taken 5 more min to get the the hospital she would have been born in the car!!!!! Shelby is really a papaw girl!!! and even sa...ys she is going to marry him!!!:) I love the innosence of this age!! I just pray that God will protect Shelby, and Cadi and Vance all the days of their lives from evil things that kids are so often exposed to.A sweet Shelby story, She was playing in some of my fabric and dress up closes and brought a doll for me to put a dress on... when I went to get the doll I shocked Shelby, I said oh I am so sorry I shocked you.... with her tiny little hands she put them on my face and said... It's ok SWEETIE!!!! Your so beautiful!!!!:) I wish all of you could know Shelby.... she has a fun but really caring personality.... and can be a little witty!!!!:) and a jokester!!!! LOL Happy Birthday Sweet Shelby!!!!!

Dear Jesus

Written by nanny Even a little 4 year old can be a testimony. Shelby an I meet Steve a lot for lunch and Shelby likes to say the prayer an even sometimes sings a song(sometimes not so quietly) but yesterday she prayed louder than usual and ask God to help nanny and papaw and Cadi and momma and daddy and we could get the tent out and go to the lake and few other things. these may seem so small to some but a lady walked over to our table with a little tear in her eye and told Shelby what a blessing that was. Then another lady came over and told Shelby she heard her pray. Makes me feel convicted that I should share God's love more out loud ..

Shelby's takes center stage!

Well Shelby has been quite the character I must say. I feel like I can't write everything down fast enough before I forget it. I want to be able to go back one day and show her just how funny she was. I hope that she keeps her funny personality. She has started tiny treasures and I think that she is keeping her teachers in stitches. She was riding to Nanny's the other day and they passed a skunk
Daddy Say's ooo wee Shelby that stinks
Shelby Say's oooh that's a skunk somebody needs to change him.

O.k. so Shelby started potty training on New Years Eve! Yep she decided on her own that, that would be a great time. So this has been going on for awhile now. After lot's of bribing doing flips in the floor for going potty. Telling her that papaw will take her fishing, papaw buying her a fishing pole with "bugs" to go with it and many other things to coax her potty, she tells nanny the other day.
"Nanny I can't go potty, you didn't teach me." oh my goodness really Shelby!!!!


Shelby and Nanny were shopping in Walmart the other day, for shoes of course. Shelby is trying to introduce nanny and herself (which is something that she loves to do) to 2 other men that are also looking for shoes. Shelby says, " hi my name is Shelby and this is my nanny" silence the men don't respond. Shelby Say's " hello can you hear me. She turns to nanny and says, "I guess they don't want to talk."

It's so amazing how you can take Shelby into Panera Bread and she is in her comfort zone, she orders her potato soup and gets her number and plops down beside Nanny and Papaw. This is their lunch routine everyday and boy will she eat good. Well you go to feed her homemade potato soup or soup from somewhere else and she will say, "I no like it."


Another thing that Shelby has started doing is getting out of her bed. Well she got out of bed about 10:00 the other night and came running into our room and say, " Tada Shelby is awake and she has her arms and legs spread way out because she was so proud of herself. So then she crawls up in bed between us and grabs the remote and says, "let's watch Dora." So here we go taking her back to bed and in comes Caidance because my poor little princess could not go to sleep because Shelby had ran into her room. I said well did Shelby go back to bed. Caidance wasn't sure so her and daddy go to put Caidance back into bed and Shelby is hiding around the corner in the dark and comes out and scares them. Shelby say's "arrrrhhhhhh" Yay! I cared you, I cared you!!!! She was so proud of her accomplishment, but about gave Caidance and daddy a heartatache! Yep she is pretty good!

Well I could probably go on and on, but I could also probably write a book on all of the funny things that this girl says. Hope everyone has a Happy Valentines Day next week. I love my family!

My "Boo-T-Queens"

Getting ready to go trick or treating in our new neighborhood, then off to nanny and papaw's for frito pie and more candy!!


Shelby loved digging for coins at papaw's station.



At trunk or treat at Nanny and Papaw's church. They had so much fun going to all of the different "trunk" and playing the games. The girls even won a cake on the cake walk.




My 2 favorite girls love each other so much, well most of the time!


My precious little Boo-T-Queens in front of our new house!

Catching up

The school year has started and I am really far behind so let's get started. Caidance started 1st grade this year and has Mrs. Dockal, whom she adores. She is just growing up right before our eyes. She lost her first tooth a month after school started and she was so excited about that. I never thought that tooth would fall out. She lost her second tooth a couple of weeks after that and I think that one was worse than the first one. She goes until they absolutely just fall out. Caidance really enjoyed swimming and sewing this summer. I was so proud of the little skirt that she made at her sewing class and she has also learned to swim and hold her breath under water and has learned the different safety precautions. Shelby started pre-school and just loves it. Her teacher is Mrs. Valerie Fontenot and she loves going to school. I think that she may be the only child that is still in diapers and carries her paci, but that is how my lil Shell boo rolls. Shelby has such a little mind of her own and she surprises us everyday with her sayings. She now knows her ABC's but if she feels like saying them, she may have a headache that day! LOL she will lay on the floor and say that she can't say them because she has a headache. It has been a family joke now. I see my mom in her alot because of her tender personality. If any of us stump our toe or hurt ourself she will say, "you o.k. honey". If Caidance gives her something she will say, "thank you sweety." You can pretend to cry and Shelby will say, "it's o.k. don't cry" and pat you on the arm. You love to introduce your family to everyone that you meet and when something tastes really yummy, you will say, "this is so tasty, I wuv it." You girls are just so adorable. We have also bought our first home and we are just so thrilled to finally be settled. The girls have so much more room. Nanny made both of the girls quilts in their rooms and both Nanny and I have really enjoyed making crafts to fix up our new house. It was a very long process, but so glad that God has blessed us with our new home. Here are a few pictures to catch up on everything.